Category:Meles

**Meles**
	genus of badgers
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Instance of	taxon;
Different from	Borsuk ;
Common name
	English: European Badgers; Kotava: Ciuktol; تۆرکجه: ملس; български: Язовци; Deutsch: Europäische Dachse; eesti: Mäger; فارسی: رودک; français: Blaireau européen; Nordfriisk: Euraasisk Daksen; Frysk: Jeraziatyske dassen; עברית: גירית; 日本語: アナグマ属; қазақша: Борсық; 한국어: 오소리속; lietuvių: Barsukas; latviešu: Eirāzijas āpši; Diné bizaad: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ nahashchʼidí; polski: Borsuk; português: Texugo-europeu; русский: Барсуки; српски / srpski: Јазавци; Kiswahili: Melesi; українська: Борсук; 中文: 狗獾属; 中文（中国大陆）: 獾属; 中文（臺灣）: 獾屬;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Sarcopterygii
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theria
Infraclass	Placentalia
Magnorder	Boreoeutheria
Superorder	Laurasiatheria
Grandorder	Ferae
Order	Carnivora
Suborder	Caniformia
Infraorder	Arctoidea
Superfamily	Musteloidea
Family	Mustelidae
Subfamily	Melinae
Genus	Meles
Taxon author	Mathurin Jacques Brisson, 1762
Authority control
	Q1345042; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007536789305171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 9661; ITIS TSN: 726246; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 35940; Fossilworks taxon ID: 41129; GBIF taxon ID: 2433867; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 1465480; MSW ID: 14001275; Fauna Europaea ID: 305310; EPPO Code: 1MLESG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 41840; NBN System Key: NBNSYS0000135009; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 103250; ADW taxon ID: Meles; uBio ID: 4236687; IRMNG ID: 1360027
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Carnivora • Subordo: Caniformia • Familia: Mustelidae • Subfamilia: Mustelinae • Genus: Meles Boddaert, 1785

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Category:Meles' linked to current category]

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English: European Badgers
Kotava: Ciuktol
تۆرکجه: ملس
български: Язовци
Deutsch: Europäische Dachse
español: Meles meles
eesti: Mäger
فارسی: رودک
français: Blaireau européen
Nordfriisk: Euraasisk Daksen
Frysk: Jeraziatyske dassen
עברית: גירית
italiano: Meles meles
日本語: アナグマ属
қазақша: Борсық
한국어: 오소리속
lietuvių: Barsukas
latviešu: Eirāzijas āpši
മലയാളം: മെൽസ്
Diné bizaad: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ nahashchʼidí
polski: Borsuk
português: Texugo-europeu
русский: Барсуки
српски / srpski: Јазавци
Kiswahili: Melesi
українська: Борсук
中文: 狗獾属
中文（中国大陆）: 獾属
中文（臺灣）: 獾屬

Included species (for ITIS & Mammal Species of the World (2005)):

M. anakuma, M. leucurus, M. meles

Note: Meles is placed under Mustelinae by ITIS & Mammal Species of the World (2005) & Wikispecies and under Melinae by old classifications. (Retrieved on 17 July 2012)